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[COCKLES]

http://www.bfgtech.com/6800U_512_PCIX.html

2X of these in a SLI configuration. Lovely.

 

[Borys]

1GB of VRAM... that's insane.

If Doom 3 uses something close to 400MB of textures in the Ultra Quality Setting (for one level) I wonder how many GBs of textures one scene in Shrek 1 has...

 

[SantaC]

omg then it would be the same as RSX for double the cost! (minus the added ram of course)

 

[Outdoor Miner]

"You too can build a Sony PS3 dev kit!"

 

[Borys]

For reference this scene:

http://www.reflectionsoldiers.com/refsol/artwork/phaser_cannon_type1/phaser_cannon_finished-r2.jpg

has 600 MB of textures.

God I love CG.

EDIT: Found it! One frame in Shrek 1 averaged of 2GB of textures.
Not there yet, nVidia! Maybe try D-SLI (Double SLI! 4 cards at once!)

 

[golem]

my normal 6800gt am cry

 

[Nos_G]

wow... this would benefit from that liquid metal cooling tech more than anything...

those 2 cards in close proximity will be grilling the other internal components.

 

[CurseoftheGods]

How much does it cost?

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Talk about insane...whoa.....

 

[Slurpy]

Too bad not a single game out now takes advantage of that setup.

 

[tedtropy]

Frankly I think it's money best put towards a next-gen console.

 

[Pimpbaa]

There isn't a game yet I have performance problems due to only 128 megs of ram on my 6600GT. Developers should be focusing on procedural texture techniques to lessen the need for more and more expensive ram.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

1GB of VRAM... that's insane.

If Doom 3 uses something close to 400MB of textures in the Ultra Quality Setting (for one level) I wonder how many GBs of textures one scene in Shrek 1 has...

From my understanding of it, SLI video cards don't share each others RAM. Since the textures are duplicated on each card, it wouldnt make any difference anyways... so 2x 512MB SLI is still 512MB of VRAM.

 

[tedtropy]

From my understanding of it, SLI video cards don't share each others RAM. Since the textures are duplicated on each card, it wouldnt make any difference anyways... so 2x 512MB SLI is still 512MB of VRAM.

Yes, but think of the poonany you would surely acquire.